Oh I love the Carpenters. Karen Carpenter had perfect pitch with her three-octave contralto vocal range. Other singers, her peers, said she was one of the best singers ever. She was also a very talented drummer, I mean excellent. Her death was so incredibly heart breaking.
Karen Carpenter dying of anorexia was the first time I'd ever heard of anorexia. It was just getting out into the national lexicon. What a tragedy. Her voice is so beautiful ~ crisp, clear, perfect.
So true we lost a beautiful voice, and a beautiful lady. Anorexia, was in its infancy in the medical world, back then doctors, didn't really have the medical knowledge we have today. Such a great loss to the world. RIP - KAREN.
She could deliver equally excellent vocals while playing the drums. She reportedly thought of herself as a drummer who sings, but that voice is what caused me to have a schoolboy crush on her.
February 4th of this year, marked 39 years since Karen left this world. She had such beautiful control of her voice. Not only did she sing, but she played the drums. I would love to see you check out more of their songs. A lot of their music kind of a slower type songs, but very good. I was born in 1965, and I grew up listening to their music. She died just a few months before I graduated from high school. She had a lot of issues in her life. What is so tragically sad is that everyone loved her, yet she could not love herself. I'm grateful that her music is here for us to enjoy for generations to come. It's 2022 and it's been so many years since she's been gone. I'm so glad you were able to react to one of their songs. I would've rather you had your first experience with another one of their songs, but this one was a really good song. Carpenters - Songs We've Only Just Begun Superstar Close To You Yesterday Once More I Won't Last A Day Without You Rainy Days And Mondays I Need To Be In Love There's A Kind Of Hush
I was born in 1965 as well. I remember being at school (my senior year) when the news went around that she had passed away. I was devastated. She was, and still is among my top favorite singers. I sing low alto like she does and have covered some of her songs just for fun. I'm not a professional singer by any means. Nobody could match her. The world really did lose one of the most beautiful voices to ever grace this earth. Her story is definitely a tragedy.
@@roniboyd613 I agree. When we see 39 years it seems like so long ago, but her voice is a constant presence for me at least every few weeks or every month. She is single handedly my favorite individual female voice of all time, and I know we missed out on so much beautiful music when we lost her. I play her all the time.
While they tended to make the most "sugary sweet" music, we cannot ignore the fact that their songs were really good, and Karen had a wonderfully warm and pleasant, beautiful voice. Others have mentioned her sad story already so i'm not going to repeat that, instead i just want to point at how loving she was and how much joy she and the band have spread across the world. One thing is for sure, their music is here to stay, there will always be a demand for this kind of feelgood classics.
Another TH-camr did a computer analysis of Karen’s live vs studio recording recently and concluded the live was even more impressive than the recording. She performed it slightly differently and nailed it live.
This was written by Richard and John Bettis who came up with the title while on a Lear jet after a concert when Bettis said ‘Well, we are literally on top of the world now’, the rest wrote itself!
I was introduced to the carpenters in the sixth grade. We fell in love with her sweet voice and his great arrangements and then realized how powerful the media can be influencing even the most popular people. This was all because 6th grade (age 11-12) is when anorexia and bolemia start presenting and my male teacher wanted everyone in our class to understand how important we were and what a lie being thin or even needing to control something so much that it kills you can be.
This is one of those songs that made it big on the country charts as well as the pop charts. It showed that Karen & her brother Richard were multi-talented & could perform in different music genres.
My favorite Carpenters song ever. I was coming up in the 70's when they were popular, and to this day I still think that Karen had the greatest pop voice ever. So smooth and perfect.
She was also great singing "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" from Evita. I'm so glad you're listening to "oldies". We all are blessed to have you hear them for the first time.
She's not moving because her audience is there to listen to her sing. They are not there to see her prancing all over the stage. I went to a George Jones concert and when he was introduced, he came out and said, "I don't have any smoke or mirrors and I don't do any dancing around. I just sing." Some guy way at the back of the auditorium yelled, "That's all we want you to do, George. We came to hear you sing!" Same with the Carpenters. The amazing lyrics that Richard came up with and Karen's beautiful voice are the only enticements we require. In fact, a lot of gyrating around would only detract from the song because we would probably miss half of the lyrics. To do a bit of paraphrasing, "Those who can sing, sing. Those who cannot sing rely on smoke and mirrors." Karen could sing!
Some of my favorite from The Carpenters are; Close To You, Rainy Days And Mondays, We've Only Just Begun, Yesterday Once More, There's A Kind Of Hush and a remake of The Beatle's Ticket To Ride. They also did a fun remake of Jumbalya.
I can still remember when "Close To You" first played on AM radio, my brother and I, were mesmerized to say the least. Here voice was unmistakably, Magical. They owned AM radio for a bit.
Absolutely shocked in the best way to see so many people praising a female alto vocalist, no lie! Karen Carpenter's voice was so deep and so strong, and tbh you don't need to know what I was (falsely) taught about the origin of her rich singing voice growing up, but the more my voice deepened into a naturally-Carpenter-esque singing register as I grew, the less I was allowed to sing in contrast to my sister, who was lead soprano in the church choir my mother directed. Seeing so many people praising a cis woman singing with a deeper tone rather than accusing her of being trans* like it's a crime is strange, ngl, but all the more welcome as a sign of the wider world moving forward into the future :3 Thank you so much for highlighting the variety of musical performances that you do, sir, and providing insightful historic and cultural commentary besides! Me and mine who are still discovering and appreciating art and music that was kept from us in the past v. much appreciate your efforts at curation ^_^
I'm a diehard Carpenters fan, have been ever since high school. Although this isn't my favourite Carps song overall, out of all their well-known hit singles, "Top Of The World" is the best. Nothing beats the SINGLES 1969-73 version, but both the original version from A SONG FOR YOU and this live take are wonderful, too. Karen sounds utterly joyous while singing it in that thick, honey-coated register of hers. It was a well-deserved number one single. Incidentally, my top five Carps tunes are 5) Sweet Sweet Smile. 4) Can't Smile Without You. 3) Top Of The World. 2) I Can't Make Music. 1) You. Perhaps react to one of those! Rest In Power, Karen.
Always loved The Carpenters. The biographical movie was heartbreaking. She was an incredible talent who we lost too soon! I remember singing this in music class at school while my music teacher played it on the piano. Our music classes always included legends 🏴💔
Karen Carpenter had a three octave range but the lower register was the money shot for her many fans. Some songs by the Carpenters… Masquerade, we’ve only just begun, rainy days and Mondays, yesterday once more, superstar, close to you, Mr. Guder, Solitaire, Trying to get the feeling again… those are some of my favorites
For me the best performance of showing her voice was her studio version of "Don't Cry For Me Argentina". The way she so smoothly drops off and leads onto notes is just incredibly enjoyable. An example of this if you're interested in just listening or reacting to music without video. th-cam.com/video/76ZKihNCWWE/w-d-xo.html
A huge hit when it came out. I remember singing it in 5th grade choral club--they were fantastic. "Rainy Days and Mondays," "We've Only Just Begun," "Merry Christmas, Darling,."
Karen Carpenter s voice was magical unfortunately passed away from anorexia which stems from depression she died in 1983 at the age of 32 We've ONLY just begun
Her life story was an absolute terror with the majority of the pain was dealt to her by her brother and parents. We lost her because she was never allowed to be herself, always trying to please her toughest critics, the ones that should have been her most vocal supporters. I still get angry that no one would ever admit their culpability in her premature death. Yes, her fans were cheated out of so many years of her impeccable voice but far more important, she missed her life. Never live your life for anyone else and always, be YOURSELF.
Very smart comments. She's about the music, not a "show." Histrionics? Screaming? Squeezing the eyes shut, as if in pain? Dance moves? Pyrotechnics? Go elsewhere. Amazing what a studio can do. I once was able to watch a rock group recording some music. Female lead singer. They took a break, came out of the booth. The lead singer sounded like a 50-year smoker...husky, no overtones or brilliance. Amazing what a presence frequency bump can accomplish on a vocal mic, not to mention all the tweaking I saw them doing on the equalizers. That personal experience aside, watching some internationally famous singers also can be disturbing, live. I'm always pulling for them, and some are up to the task, but many miss notes and sing flat. Karen doesn't.
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👍 Karen had the most pure beautiful voice and tone control has anyone. And of course I was highly infatuated with her.LOL Her death hit me harder then any of the other great musicians who had passed. What to do next? We've Only Just Begun. Rainy days and Mondays.
Karens voice will always be my favorite musical instrument.... Richard Carpenter is a musical genius, and together....the Carpenters were master's of their craft. Karen did not only sing and play drums, she could play other instruments as well....it should be noted that in 1975, Playboy magazine named Karen Carpenter "Best Drummer". Others on that list included Ringo Starr, Mick Fleetwood, and John Bonham.....it would be Bonham to complain. Later, Bonham would discover Karen was a Led Zepplin fan, and could actually drum out their music. "Top of the World" is probably my least favorite Carpenter song (despite the enormous accidental success). If you want to hear Karen's voice with all its stunning beauty....Carpenters Christmas Portrait album...."Little Altar Boy". Actually......just about all their two Christmas albums play beautifully anytime of the year. If you haven't watched Karen and Ella Fitzgeralds "Masquerade" duet from the Carpenters television show "Music, music, music"....you are missing a stunning and extraordinary performance from these two music icons.
The Carpenters are known to have smoked all the reefers, and the "you" in this tune is said to be that very same devil's lettuce. The top of the world is pretty fricken high place, in case u dint know. :D
That blip during the video at the beginning happens to me as well--check your playback resolution every time that happens. You'll see it dropped from HD to the worst possible and you will need to fix it manually.
Her range was D below middle C to G above high C (using falsetto) with a distinctive three-octave contralto vocal range. There is a good video on TH-cam of Karen's vocal range.
Not a bad song by the Carpenters, but I'm guessing next on your list should probably be: "Rainy Days and Mondays", "Yesterday Once More", "Please Mr Postman", and "Ticket to Ride". Around Christmas I'd check out "Merry Christmas Darling" and "I'll Be Home for Christmas".
this is an interesting little tibit....Karen always thought she couldn't sing...in one of their first concerts one heckler said that she was fat...from that day on she combated that one sneer and it cost the life of a beautiful person....
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If her lack of movement was why her voice was just as fabulous as it was on the records or better, then explain why she sounded the same when she played the drums AND sang? If Karen was running the 100m dash, she would sound the same. My favourite singer of ALL TIME!
I believe that the official released version of this song is far better than this recording. The tempo, as I recall, is slower, and he voice comes through much more amazingly. Who can possibly fail to fall in love with that voice?
I was a hardcore punk in the 80's and I hated anything that was popular but damn if I didn't in secret put on Carpenters records to hear Karen's sweet voice.
I no longer come to your site because I cannot see the videos at all. the spot on your screen where you are showing the videos is in front of your very very busy background wall .. so it's impossible to see the ghost-like video. Perhaps you can go to your own page and check it out. I do like your reactions but without the video part of the experience I'll pass. I hope you fix this and show the videos either in a different format or in front of a plain wall. If nobody else has pointed this out to you then it's just me that really likes to see the video part of a reaction or perhaps it's got something to do with my phone. Thanks.
Patricia, some music companies will claim a copyright strike if the full video is shown. TH-cam has programs that can detect the specific video clips and will give his channel a strike. Fading the video is on purpose and there is nothing wrong with your phone. This is done to avoid the TH-cam police.
@@kwasimoto2008 TH-cam's blocking of videos due to copyright infringement seems to be a bit arbitrary. I have seen people react to Hurt by Johnny Cash and they have the word in a huge font "Copyright" right over the video and yet I see other people react to that same video and they show the entire video, presumably with no question of difficulties due to copyright.
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We lost this great talent way too early to anorexia. She had such a clear and pitch perfect voice.
She was definitely one of the best singers of all time!!! Perfect voice! So sad she left us so soon!
Oh I love the Carpenters. Karen Carpenter had perfect pitch with her three-octave contralto vocal range. Other singers, her peers, said she was one of the best singers ever. She was also a very talented drummer, I mean excellent. Her death was so incredibly heart breaking.
I read in the biography of the carpenters by ray coleman, that she had a 4 octave range?
Real talent
That is her brother Richard playing piano ,listen to superstar!
Mr. Ll “this song is a little slow.”
Me “this is one of their livelier songs”. 😂
I think she is singing it a little too fast. But beautifully.
"For All We Know" . Short, sweet and perfect Karen Carpenter song.
She considered herself a drummer, that could sing. Thank you for reacting to The Carpenters!💖
Richard is a great arranger and a good singer too!
Rainy days and Mondays is slow also but my favorite. She has been gone for so long now, but I still can't listen to the Christmas songs 💔 .
Karen Carpenter dying of anorexia was the first time I'd ever heard of anorexia. It was just getting out into the national lexicon.
What a tragedy.
Her voice is so beautiful ~ crisp, clear, perfect.
As unfortunate as it was...it brought national attention to the condition.
@@rodgerbroadway2195 Very True
So true we lost a beautiful voice, and a beautiful lady. Anorexia, was in its infancy in the medical world, back then doctors, didn't really have the medical knowledge we have today. Such a great loss to the world. RIP - KAREN.
She could deliver equally excellent vocals while playing the drums. She reportedly thought of herself as a drummer who sings, but that voice is what caused me to have a schoolboy crush on her.
February 4th of this year, marked 39 years since Karen left this world. She had such beautiful control of her voice. Not only did she sing, but she played the drums. I would love to see you check out more of their songs. A lot of their music kind of a slower type songs, but very good. I was born in 1965, and I grew up listening to their music. She died just a few months before I graduated from high school. She had a lot of issues in her life. What is so tragically sad is that everyone loved her, yet she could not love herself. I'm grateful that her music is here for us to enjoy for generations to come. It's 2022 and it's been so many years since she's been gone. I'm so glad you were able to react to one of their songs. I would've rather you had your first experience with another one of their songs, but this one was a really good song.
Carpenters - Songs
We've Only Just Begun
Superstar
Close To You
Yesterday Once More
I Won't Last A Day Without You
Rainy Days And Mondays
I Need To Be In Love
There's A Kind Of Hush
39 years???? Wow, I guess it has been that long. And she is still missed💖
I was born in 1965 as well. I remember being at school (my senior year) when the news went around that she had passed away. I was devastated. She was, and still is among my top favorite singers. I sing low alto like she does and have covered some of her songs just for fun. I'm not a professional singer by any means. Nobody could match her. The world really did lose one of the most beautiful voices to ever grace this earth. Her story is definitely a tragedy.
@@roniboyd613 I agree. When we see 39 years it seems like so long ago, but her voice is a constant presence for me at least every few weeks or every month. She is single handedly my favorite individual female voice of all time, and I know we missed out on so much beautiful music when we lost her. I play her all the time.
@@lauree4138 my fave also. I was in a girls choir in high school and our go to songs were by The Carpenters. Take ❤
While they tended to make the most "sugary sweet" music, we cannot ignore the fact that their songs were really good, and Karen had a wonderfully warm and pleasant, beautiful voice.
Others have mentioned her sad story already so i'm not going to repeat that, instead i just want to point at how loving she was and how much joy she and the band have spread across the world.
One thing is for sure, their music is here to stay, there will always be a demand for this kind of feelgood classics.
She truly had one of the best voices ever!!
Superstar is a must.
She was also an amazing drummer
"I Need To Be In Love" 1978 version. It is by far the best "live vocals" she's EVER done. Absolute perfection. You will not believe it.
There are live recordings of Karen playing the drums while singing...still PERFECTION!!!!!!..check her out on Close to You Live.
Superstar is an amazing display of her vocals!
Another TH-camr did a computer analysis of Karen’s live vs studio recording recently and concluded the live was even more impressive than the recording. She performed it slightly differently and nailed it live.
She had the voice of an angel
Love the Carpenters and this song!! Thanks for sharing.
Karen Carpenter's life was an amazing vocal performance.
Great reaction! Karen Carpenter’s voice was pretty much perfect…💕
One of my top favorite Artist 🎨. RIP .thx for sharing.
This was written by Richard and John Bettis who came up with the title while on a Lear jet after a concert when Bettis said ‘Well, we are literally on top of the world now’, the rest wrote itself!
One of my all time favorite songs of the Carpenters was Bless The Beasts And The Children which was in a movie of the same title.
We sang this song in my Brownie troop around 1973. The Carpenters were a big part of my childhood music world.
Never listen to them before although I've heard of them. She's got a beautiful voice.
I was introduced to the carpenters in the sixth grade. We fell in love with her sweet voice and his great arrangements and then realized how powerful the media can be influencing even the most popular people. This was all because 6th grade (age 11-12) is when anorexia and bolemia start presenting and my male teacher wanted everyone in our class to understand how important we were and what a lie being thin or even needing to control something so much that it kills you can be.
This is one of those songs that made it big on the country charts as well as the pop charts. It showed that Karen & her brother Richard were multi-talented & could perform in different music genres.
She is in my top 5 best female singers of all time.
Absolutely adorable this song
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My favorite Carpenters song ever. I was coming up in the 70's when they were popular, and to this day I still think that Karen had the greatest pop voice ever. So smooth and perfect.
I can remember my mom playing this song when I was little and it brings back nice memories
This was my parent's "Our song" and they played it at their reception. They were married 40 years before my dad passed.
She was also great singing "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" from Evita. I'm so glad you're listening to "oldies". We all are blessed to have you hear them for the first time.
My favorite Carpenters song.
She's not moving because her audience is there to listen to her sing. They are not there to see her prancing all over the stage. I went to a George Jones concert and when he was introduced, he came out and said, "I don't have any smoke or mirrors and I don't do any dancing around. I just sing." Some guy way at the back of the auditorium yelled, "That's all we want you to do, George. We came to hear you sing!" Same with the Carpenters. The amazing lyrics that Richard came up with and Karen's beautiful voice are the only enticements we require. In fact, a lot of gyrating around would only detract from the song because we would probably miss half of the lyrics. To do a bit of paraphrasing, "Those who can sing, sing. Those who cannot sing rely on smoke and mirrors." Karen could sing!
Some of my favorite from The Carpenters are; Close To You, Rainy Days And Mondays, We've Only Just Begun, Yesterday Once More, There's A Kind Of Hush and a remake of The Beatle's Ticket To Ride. They also did a fun remake of Jumbalya.
I can still remember when "Close To You" first played on AM radio, my brother and I, were mesmerized to say the least. Here voice was unmistakably, Magical.
They owned AM radio for a bit.
Absolutely shocked in the best way to see so many people praising a female alto vocalist, no lie! Karen Carpenter's voice was so deep and so strong, and tbh you don't need to know what I was (falsely) taught about the origin of her rich singing voice growing up, but the more my voice deepened into a naturally-Carpenter-esque singing register as I grew, the less I was allowed to sing in contrast to my sister, who was lead soprano in the church choir my mother directed. Seeing so many people praising a cis woman singing with a deeper tone rather than accusing her of being trans* like it's a crime is strange, ngl, but all the more welcome as a sign of the wider world moving forward into the future :3
Thank you so much for highlighting the variety of musical performances that you do, sir, and providing insightful historic and cultural commentary besides! Me and mine who are still discovering and appreciating art and music that was kept from us in the past v. much appreciate your efforts at curation ^_^
Beautiful
I like Johnny Depp's reaction to this song. "Reveal yourself, Tiny Songstress!"
I'm a diehard Carpenters fan, have been ever since high school. Although this isn't my favourite Carps song overall, out of all their well-known hit singles, "Top Of The World" is the best. Nothing beats the SINGLES 1969-73 version, but both the original version from A SONG FOR YOU and this live take are wonderful, too. Karen sounds utterly joyous while singing it in that thick, honey-coated register of hers. It was a well-deserved number one single.
Incidentally, my top five Carps tunes are 5) Sweet Sweet Smile. 4) Can't Smile Without You. 3) Top Of The World. 2) I Can't Make Music. 1) You. Perhaps react to one of those!
Rest In Power, Karen.
Always loved The Carpenters. The biographical movie was heartbreaking. She was an incredible talent who we lost too soon! I remember singing this in music class at school while my music teacher played it on the piano. Our music classes always included legends 🏴💔
She was pitch perfect!
Karen Carpenter had a three octave range but the lower register was the money shot for her many fans. Some songs by the Carpenters… Masquerade, we’ve only just begun, rainy days and Mondays, yesterday once more, superstar, close to you, Mr. Guder, Solitaire, Trying to get the feeling again… those are some of my favorites
She is an excellent drummer as well as a singer!!
Such innocent times looking back.
Cheers mate 😎 👌
My favorite song when I was 7 or 8.
"One-Take Karen"!!! Recorded huge hit "Superstar" IN ONE TAKE!!!
For me the best performance of showing her voice was her studio version of "Don't Cry For Me Argentina". The way she so smoothly drops off and leads onto notes is just incredibly enjoyable. An example of this if you're interested in just listening or reacting to music without video. th-cam.com/video/76ZKihNCWWE/w-d-xo.html
Love them 💕
A huge hit when it came out. I remember singing it in 5th grade choral club--they were fantastic. "Rainy Days and Mondays," "We've Only Just Begun," "Merry Christmas, Darling,."
i'd say Solitaire.
Dude, your voice .....you could do audio books....AWESOME
Karen Carpenter s voice was magical unfortunately passed away from anorexia which stems from depression she died in 1983 at the age of 32 We've ONLY just begun
I remember when this song was released. It was so exciting when Carpenters released a new record; more great music and Karen's voice.
And next "Me first and the gimme gimmes - On top of the world" if you find a live version do it :D
Her life story was an absolute terror with the majority of the pain was dealt to her by her brother and parents. We lost her because she was never allowed to be herself, always trying to please her toughest critics, the ones that should have been her most vocal supporters. I still get angry that no one would ever admit their culpability in her premature death. Yes, her fans were cheated out of so many years of her impeccable voice but far more important, she missed her life. Never live your life for anyone else and always, be YOURSELF.
Very smart comments. She's about the music, not a "show." Histrionics? Screaming? Squeezing the eyes shut, as if in pain? Dance moves? Pyrotechnics? Go elsewhere. Amazing what a studio can do. I once was able to watch a rock group recording some music. Female lead singer. They took a break, came out of the booth. The lead singer sounded like a 50-year smoker...husky, no overtones or brilliance. Amazing what a presence frequency bump can accomplish on a vocal mic, not to mention all the tweaking I saw them doing on the equalizers. That personal experience aside, watching some internationally famous singers also can be disturbing, live. I'm always pulling for them, and some are up to the task, but many miss notes and sing flat. Karen doesn't.
Sing, Sing a Song.
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The tables are listed with both their claimed sales figure along with their total independently certified units and are ranked in descending order, with the artist with the highest amount of claimed sales at the top. If two or more artists have the same claimed sales, they are then ranked by certified units. The claimed sales figure and the total of certified units (for each country) within the provided sources include sales of albums, singles, compilation-albums, music videos as well as downloads of singles and full-length albums. Sales figures, such as those from Soundscan, which are sometimes published by Billboard magazine, have not been included in the certified units column.
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WOW
Karen Carpenter and Judith Durham. The two best voices in music.
👍 Karen had the most pure beautiful voice and tone control has anyone. And of course I was highly infatuated with her.LOL
Her death hit me harder then any of the other great musicians who had passed.
What to do next?
We've Only Just Begun.
Rainy days and Mondays.
I love this song in Shrek.😆
I’ve got a good one for you that I would really like to see. The carpenters 1978 performance of ‘please mister postman’
Karens voice will always be my favorite musical instrument....
Richard Carpenter is a musical genius, and together....the Carpenters were master's of their craft.
Karen did not only sing and play drums, she could play other instruments as well....it should be noted that in 1975, Playboy magazine named Karen Carpenter "Best Drummer".
Others on that list included Ringo Starr, Mick Fleetwood, and John Bonham.....it would be Bonham to complain.
Later, Bonham would discover Karen was a Led Zepplin fan, and could actually drum out their music.
"Top of the World" is probably my least favorite Carpenter song (despite the enormous accidental success).
If you want to hear Karen's voice with all its stunning beauty....Carpenters Christmas Portrait album...."Little Altar Boy".
Actually......just about all their two Christmas albums play beautifully anytime of the year.
If you haven't watched Karen and Ella Fitzgeralds "Masquerade" duet from the Carpenters television show "Music, music, music"....you are missing a stunning and extraordinary performance from these two music icons.
A Song For You
The Carpenters are known to have smoked all the reefers, and the "you" in this tune is said to be that very same devil's lettuce. The top of the world is pretty fricken high place, in case u dint know. :D
Can you please react to those good old dreams by the carpenters? I believe it's an underrated carpenters gem!
That blip during the video at the beginning happens to me as well--check your playback resolution every time that happens. You'll see it dropped from HD to the worst possible and you will need to fix it manually.
Karen looked her best here!
They have a lot of good songs, but please react to "We've Only Just Begun" next. Thank you.
Shonen Knife does a great cover of this song, albeit a completely different style :)
Yo I'm gangsta but this track fire 🔥 Finna listen to this when the homies are not around....
Her range was D below middle C to G above high C (using falsetto) with a distinctive three-octave contralto vocal range. There is a good video on TH-cam of Karen's vocal range.
Not a bad song by the Carpenters, but I'm guessing next on your list should probably be: "Rainy Days and Mondays", "Yesterday Once More", "Please Mr Postman", and "Ticket to Ride". Around Christmas I'd check out "Merry Christmas Darling" and "I'll Be Home for Christmas".
I can never make up my mind, who's best, karen Carpenter, Judith Durham or Linda Ronstadt.
Karen...imo
this is an interesting little tibit....Karen always thought she couldn't sing...in one of their first concerts one heckler said that she was fat...from that day on she combated that one sneer and it cost the life of a beautiful person....
She often played the drums, she didn’t like being in the forefront
Were on the top of league looking down on the Rangers
And the only explanation i can find
Is the form we have found since Ange has been around and its put as at the top of the league
Glasgow Celtic FC
If her lack of movement was why her voice was just as fabulous as it was on the records or better, then explain why she sounded the same when she played the drums AND sang? If Karen was running the 100m dash, she would sound the same. My favourite singer of ALL TIME!
I believe that the official released version of this song is far better than this recording. The tempo, as I recall, is slower, and he voice comes through much more amazingly. Who can possibly fail to fall in love with that voice?
I was a hardcore punk in the 80's and I hated anything that was popular but damn if I didn't in secret put on Carpenters records to hear Karen's sweet voice.
Try Hurting Each Other , This Masquerade, A Song For You....anything with Karen singing is beautiful
The parent trap
Lol
Not my genre but cute song🤩❤️
Karen is a gift we lost way to soon.
This song gives me shrek vibes 😊
Yes yes but how can you stand listening to this. I think I was over exposed to the Carpenters as a youngster. I remain traumatized.
check out the version not performed live - th-cam.com/video/yUMAmI5YcBQ/w-d-xo.html
Man I was born in the wrong Era
Reacting to live versions of songs you haven’t heard before is such a rookie mistake.
karens voice is one of the best youll ever here, and this is definetely not on of their best !!, try weve only just begun, or superstar !!
The accompaniment in the version isn't as good as on other live clips. It seems to detract from the vocals to me and isn't smooth.
I no longer come to your site because I cannot see the videos at all. the spot on your screen where you are showing the videos is in front of your very very busy background wall .. so it's impossible to see the ghost-like video. Perhaps you can go to your own page and check it out. I do like your reactions but without the video part of the experience I'll pass. I hope you fix this and show the videos either in a different format or in front of a plain wall. If nobody else has pointed this out to you then it's just me that really likes to see the video part of a reaction or perhaps it's got something to do with my phone. Thanks.
Patricia, some music companies will claim a copyright strike if the full video is shown. TH-cam has programs that can detect the specific video clips and will give his channel a strike. Fading the video is on purpose and there is nothing wrong with your phone. This is done to avoid the TH-cam police.
have you been living on Mars??? TH-cam can BLOCK videos due to a copyright claim by a music company and then all his work is for NOTHING!!
@@kwasimoto2008 TH-cam's blocking of videos due to copyright infringement seems to be a bit arbitrary. I have seen people react to Hurt by Johnny Cash and they have the word in a huge font "Copyright" right over the video and yet I see other people react to that same video and they show the entire video, presumably with no question of difficulties due to copyright.
very slow????? Really??